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Vatican newspaper devotes 8 articles to refugees' plight (CWN)

The Vatican newspaper highlighted the plight of refugees with eight articles in its June 19 edition, published the day before World Refugee Day.

Pope encourages Pavia's citizens to seek the common good (CWN)

After venerating St. Augustine’s relics in Pavia this afternoon, Pope Leo XIV visited Pavia Cathedral, where he adored the Blessed Sacrament and prayed before the relics of St. Syrus. He then addressed citizens of the northern Italian city in the Piazza della Vittoria (video).

Pope, in Pavia, venerates St. Augustine's relics, urges faithful to focus on Christ (CWN)

Pope Leo XIV began a brief pastoral visit to two cities in the northern Italian region of Lombardy this afternoon.

Jun. 20 Saturday of the Eleventh Week in Ordinary Time, Weekday

The Roman Martyrology commemorates on this date St. John Matera (also known as John Pulsano) (1070-1139). St. John was a native of Matera, Italy and in his childhood longed to become a hermit. As a young man, he worked for a time as a shepherd in the service of a monastery. His exceptional austerity, however, was so irksome to the less fervent monks that he soon had to leave. Thereafter he journeyed from place to place as he strove to carry out God's will for him. At one point, acting upon a vision of Saint Peter he had experienced, John rebuilt a dilapidated church dedicated to the saint. Later, he traveled to Bari, where he preached with great efficacy. Certain individuals, motivated perhaps by jealousy, attacked the popular preacher with false charges of heresy, but he was in the end totally cleared of their accusations. Eventually John founded a Benedictine monastery at Pulsano and became its first abbot.

Justice Department Joins Catholic Nuns’ Lawsuit Against New York’s Housing Rule

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Justice Department Looks Into Alleged MLB Religious Discrimination

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Vatican Recognizes Martyrdom of 20 Priests Killed During Spanish Civil War

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40th US diocese welcomes FSSP (Diocese of Arlington)

Bishop Michael Burbidge of Arlington, Virginia, announced that he is welcoming two priests of the Priestly Fraternity of Saint Peter (FSSP) to establish a chaplaincy in his diocese.

The Fraternity, whose priests celebrate the sacraments in the extraordinary form of the Roman rite, are currently active in 39 U.S. dioceses. Mass is already celebrated in the extraordinary form at eight locations in the Diocese of Arlington.

Remembering Cardinal Ruini, a Giant of the John Paul II Era

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Catholic Entrepreneur: The More Powerful AI Becomes, the More People Turn to God

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